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I Wan'na Be Like You by Richard M. Sherman & Robert B. Sherman
Richard M. Sherman & Robert B. Sherman
Artist Biography For Richard M. Sherman & Robert B. Sherman
The Sherman Brothers Are Academy Award-Winning American Songwriters Who Specialize In Musical Films. They Are Robert B. Sherman Born December 19 1925 And Richard M. Sherman Born June 12 1928 .
The Sherman Brothers Wrote More Motion-Picture Musical Song Scores Than Any Other Songwriting Team In Film History Working For Walt Disney During The Last Six Years Of His Life. Film Scores Of The Sherman Brothers Include Mary Poppins Chitty Chitty Bang Bang The Jungle Book And The Aristocats. Life And Work Robert And Richard Sherman Began Writing Songs Together In 1951 On A Challenge From Their Father Tin Pan Alley Songwriter Al Sherman. The Brothers Wrote Together And With Different Songwriting Partners Throughout The Rest Of The Decade.
In 1958 Robert Founded The Music Publishing Company Music World Corporation Which Later Enjoyed A Landmark Relationship With Disney's BMI-Affiliated Publishing Arm Wonderland Music Company. That Same Year The Sherman Brothers Had Their First Top-Ten Hit With "Tall Paul " Sung By Mouseketeer Judy Harriet On The Surf Records Label And Then Covered By Mouseketeer Annette Funicello. The Success Of This Song Yielded The Attention Of Walt Disney Who Eventually Hired The Sherman Brothers As Staff Songwriters For Walt Disney Studios. The First Song They Wrote On Personal Assignment By Walt Disney Was "Strummin' Song" In 1961. It Was Used In The Annette Funicello Made-For-Television Movie Called The Horsemasters.
While At Disney The Sherman Brothers Wrote More Motion-Picture Musical Scores Than Any Other Songwriters In The History Of Film. They Also Wrote What Is Perhaps Their Best-Known Song "It's A Small World After All " For The 1964 New York World's Fair. Since Then Some Have Claimed That This Has Become The Most Translated And Performed Song On Earth Although This Is Largely Justified By The Fact That It Is Played Continuously At Disney's Leisure Park Rides Of The Same Name.
In 1965 The Sherman Brothers Won Two Academy Awards For Mary Poppins Which Includes The Songs "Feed The Birds " "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious " And The Oscar-Winning "Chim Chim Cher-Ee." Since Mary Poppins' Premiere The Shermans Have Subsequently Earned Nine Academy Award Nominations Two Grammy Awards Four Grammy Award Nominations And An Incredible 23 Gold- And Platinum-Certified Albums.
Robert And Richard Sherman Worked Directly For Walt Disney Completing The Scores For The Live-Action Musical Films The Happiest Millionaire And The One And Only Genuine Original Family Band Until Disney's Death In 1966. Since Leaving The Company The Brothers Have Worked Freelance As Songwriters On Scores Of Motion Pictures Television Shows Theme-Park Exhibits And Stage Musicals.
Their First Non-Disney Assignment Came With Albert R. Broccoli's Motion Picture Production Chitty Chitty Bang Bang In 1968 Which Garnered The Brothers Their Third Academy Award Nomination.
In 1970 The Shermans Returned To Disney For A Brief Stint Where They Completed Work On The Aristocats And Bedknobs & Broomsticks. The Latter Film Garnered The Brothers Their Fourth And Fifth Oscar Nominations Respectively. 1972 Saw The Release Of Snoopy Come Home For Which The Brothers Received A Grammy Nomination.
In 1973 The Sherman Brothers Also Made History By Becoming The Only Americans Ever To Win First Prize At The Moscow Film Festival For Tom Sawyer For Which They Also Authored The Screenplay. In 1976 “The Slipper And The Rose” Was Picked To Be The Royal Command Performance Of The Year. The Performance Was Attended By Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother. A Modern Musical Adaptation Of The Classic Cinderella Story "Slipper" Also Featured Songs Score And Screenplay By The Sherman Brothers. Two Further Academy Award Nominations Were Garnered By The Brothers For The Film. That Same Year The Sherman Brothers Received Their Star On The Hollywood "Walk Of Fame" Directly Across From Grauman's Chinese Theater.
The Sherman Brothers' Numerous Other Disney And Non-Disney Top Box Office Film Credits Include The Jungle Book 1967 The Aristocats 1970 The Parent Trap 1961 The Parent Trap 1998 Charlotte's Web 1973 The Many Adventures Of Winnie The Pooh 1977 Snoopy Come Home 1972 Bedknobs & Broomsticks 1971 And Little Nemo Adventures In Slumberland 1992 .
Outside The Motion-Picture Realm Their Tony Award-Nominated Smash Hit Over Here! 1974 Was The Biggest-Grossing Original Broadway Musical Of That Year. The Sherman Brothers Have Also Written Numerous Top Selling Songs Including "You're Sixteen " Which Holds The Distinction Of Reaching Billboard's #1 Spot Twice First With Johnny Burnette In 1960 And Then With Ringo Starr Fourteen Years Later. Other Top-Ten Hits Include "Pineapple Princess " "Let's Get Together " And More.
In 2000 The Sherman Brothers Wrote The Song Score For The Disney Film The Tigger Movie. This Film Marked The Brothers' First Major Motion Picture For The Disney Company In Over 28t Years.
In 2002 Chitty Hit The London Stage Receiving Rave Revues. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Is Currently The Most Successful Stage Show Ever Produced At The London Palladium Boasting The Longest Run In That Century-Old Theater's History. On April 28 2005 A Second Chitty Company Premiered On Broadway New York City At The Hilton Theatre. The Sherman Brothers Wrote An Additional Six Songs Specifically For The New Stage Productions. A Successful Third Company Of Chitty Is Currently Touring Throughout The United Kingdom.
In 2003 Four Sherman Brothers' Musicals Ranked In The Top 10 Favorite Children's Films Of All Time In A British Nationwide Poll Reported By The BBC. The Jungle Book 1967 Ranked At #7 Mary Poppins 1964 Ranked At #8 The Aristocats 1970 Ranked At #9 And Chitty Chitty Bang Bang 1968 Topped The List At #1.
In Recent Years With Robert's Move To London England United Kingdom The Brothers Have Written Many New Songs For The Stage Musical Presentations Of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang And Mary Poppins Produced Collaboratively By Disney And Cameron Mackintosh.
For Their Contributions To The Motion Picture Industry The Sherman Brothers Have A Star On The Hollywood Walk Of Fame At 6918 Hollywood Blvd. And Were Inducted Into The Songwriters Hall Of Fame On June 9 2005. On November 16 2006 Mary Poppins Premiered At The New Amsterdam Theatre On Broadway.
On November 17 2008 The Sherman Brothers Received The National Medal Of Arts Which Is The Highest Honor Conferred Upon Artists Or Patrons Of The Arts By The United States Government. The Award Was Presented By United States President George W. Bush In An East Room Ceremony At The White House.
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The Sherman Brothers Are Academy Award-Winning American Songwriters Who Specialize In Musical Films. They Are Robert B. Sherman Born December 19 1925 And Richard M. Sherman Born June 12 1928 .
The Sherman Brothers Wrote More Motion-Picture Musical Song Scores Than Any Other Songwriting Team In Film History Working For Walt Disney During The Last Six Years Of His Life. Film Scores Of The Sherman Brothers Include Mary Poppins Chitty Chitty Bang Bang The Jungle Book And The Aristocats. Life And Work Robert And Richard Sherman Began Writing Songs Together In 1951 On A Challenge From Their Father Tin Pan Alley Songwriter Al Sherman. The Brothers Wrote Together And With Different Songwriting Partners Throughout The Rest Of The Decade.
In 1958 Robert Founded The Music Publishing Company Music World Corporation Which Later Enjoyed A Landmark Relationship With Disney's BMI-Affiliated Publishing Arm Wonderland Music Company. That Same Year The Sherman Brothers Had Their First Top-Ten Hit With "Tall Paul " Sung By Mouseketeer Judy Harriet On The Surf Records Label And Then Covered By Mouseketeer Annette Funicello. The Success Of This Song Yielded The Attention Of Walt Disney Who Eventually Hired The Sherman Brothers As Staff Songwriters For Walt Disney Studios. The First Song They Wrote On Personal Assignment By Walt Disney Was "Strummin' Song" In 1961. It Was Used In The Annette Funicello Made-For-Television Movie Called The Horsemasters.
While At Disney The Sherman Brothers Wrote More Motion-Picture Musical Scores Than Any Other Songwriters In The History Of Film. They Also Wrote What Is Perhaps Their Best-Known Song "It's A Small World After All " For The 1964 New York World's Fair. Since Then Some Have Claimed That This Has Become The Most Translated And Performed Song On Earth Although This Is Largely Justified By The Fact That It Is Played Continuously At Disney's Leisure Park Rides Of The Same Name.
In 1965 The Sherman Brothers Won Two Academy Awards For Mary Poppins Which Includes The Songs "Feed The Birds " "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious " And The Oscar-Winning "Chim Chim Cher-Ee." Since Mary Poppins' Premiere The Shermans Have Subsequently Earned Nine Academy Award Nominations Two Grammy Awards Four Grammy Award Nominations And An Incredible 23 Gold- And Platinum-Certified Albums.
Robert And Richard Sherman Worked Directly For Walt Disney Completing The Scores For The Live-Action Musical Films The Happiest Millionaire And The One And Only Genuine Original Family Band Until Disney's Death In 1966. Since Leaving The Company The Brothers Have Worked Freelance As Songwriters On Scores Of Motion Pictures Television Shows Theme-Park Exhibits And Stage Musicals.
Their First Non-Disney Assignment Came With Albert R. Broccoli's Motion Picture Production Chitty Chitty Bang Bang In 1968 Which Garnered The Brothers Their Third Academy Award Nomination.
In 1970 The Shermans Returned To Disney For A Brief Stint Where They Completed Work On The Aristocats And Bedknobs & Broomsticks. The Latter Film Garnered The Brothers Their Fourth And Fifth Oscar Nominations Respectively. 1972 Saw The Release Of Snoopy Come Home For Which The Brothers Received A Grammy Nomination.
In 1973 The Sherman Brothers Also Made History By Becoming The Only Americans Ever To Win First Prize At The Moscow Film Festival For Tom Sawyer For Which They Also Authored The Screenplay. In 1976 “The Slipper And The Rose” Was Picked To Be The Royal Command Performance Of The Year. The Performance Was Attended By Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother. A Modern Musical Adaptation Of The Classic Cinderella Story "Slipper" Also Featured Songs Score And Screenplay By The Sherman Brothers. Two Further Academy Award Nominations Were Garnered By The Brothers For The Film. That Same Year The Sherman Brothers Received Their Star On The Hollywood "Walk Of Fame" Directly Across From Grauman's Chinese Theater.
The Sherman Brothers' Numerous Other Disney And Non-Disney Top Box Office Film Credits Include The Jungle Book 1967 The Aristocats 1970 The Parent Trap 1961 The Parent Trap 1998 Charlotte's Web 1973 The Many Adventures Of Winnie The Pooh 1977 Snoopy Come Home 1972 Bedknobs & Broomsticks 1971 And Little Nemo Adventures In Slumberland 1992 .
Outside The Motion-Picture Realm Their Tony Award-Nominated Smash Hit Over Here! 1974 Was The Biggest-Grossing Original Broadway Musical Of That Year. The Sherman Brothers Have Also Written Numerous Top Selling Songs Including "You're Sixteen " Which Holds The Distinction Of Reaching Billboard's #1 Spot Twice First With Johnny Burnette In 1960 And Then With Ringo Starr Fourteen Years Later. Other Top-Ten Hits Include "Pineapple Princess " "Let's Get Together " And More.
In 2000 The Sherman Brothers Wrote The Song Score For The Disney Film The Tigger Movie. This Film Marked The Brothers' First Major Motion Picture For The Disney Company In Over 28t Years.
In 2002 Chitty Hit The London Stage Receiving Rave Revues. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Is Currently The Most Successful Stage Show Ever Produced At The London Palladium Boasting The Longest Run In That Century-Old Theater's History. On April 28 2005 A Second Chitty Company Premiered On Broadway New York City At The Hilton Theatre. The Sherman Brothers Wrote An Additional Six Songs Specifically For The New Stage Productions. A Successful Third Company Of Chitty Is Currently Touring Throughout The United Kingdom.
In 2003 Four Sherman Brothers' Musicals Ranked In The Top 10 Favorite Children's Films Of All Time In A British Nationwide Poll Reported By The BBC. The Jungle Book 1967 Ranked At #7 Mary Poppins 1964 Ranked At #8 The Aristocats 1970 Ranked At #9 And Chitty Chitty Bang Bang 1968 Topped The List At #1.
In Recent Years With Robert's Move To London England United Kingdom The Brothers Have Written Many New Songs For The Stage Musical Presentations Of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang And Mary Poppins Produced Collaboratively By Disney And Cameron Mackintosh.
For Their Contributions To The Motion Picture Industry The Sherman Brothers Have A Star On The Hollywood Walk Of Fame At 6918 Hollywood Blvd. And Were Inducted Into The Songwriters Hall Of Fame On June 9 2005. On November 16 2006 Mary Poppins Premiered At The New Amsterdam Theatre On Broadway.
On November 17 2008 The Sherman Brothers Received The National Medal Of Arts Which Is The Highest Honor Conferred Upon Artists Or Patrons Of The Arts By The United States Government. The Award Was Presented By United States President George W. Bush In An East Room Ceremony At The White House. read less
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The Sherman Brothers Wrote More Motion-Picture Musical Song Scores Than Any Other Songwriting Team In Film History Working For Walt Disney During The Last Six Years Of His Life. Film Scores Of The Sherman Brothers Include Mary Poppins Chitty Chitty Bang Bang The Jungle Book And The Aristocats. Life And Work Robert And Richard Sherman Began Writing Songs Together In 1951 On A Challenge From Their Father Tin Pan Alley Songwriter Al Sherman. The Brothers Wrote Together And With Different Songwriting Partners Throughout The Rest Of The Decade.
In 1958 Robert Founded The Music Publishing Company Music World Corporation Which Later Enjoyed A Landmark Relationship With Disney's BMI-Affiliated Publishing Arm Wonderland Music Company. That Same Year The Sherman Brothers Had Their First Top-Ten Hit With "Tall Paul " Sung By Mouseketeer Judy Harriet On The Surf Records Label And Then Covered By Mouseketeer Annette Funicello. The Success Of This Song Yielded The Attention Of Walt Disney Who Eventually Hired The Sherman Brothers As Staff Songwriters For Walt Disney Studios. The First Song They Wrote On Personal Assignment By Walt Disney Was "Strummin' Song" In 1961. It Was Used In The Annette Funicello Made-For-Television Movie Called The Horsemasters.
While At Disney The Sherman Brothers Wrote More Motion-Picture Musical Scores Than Any Other Songwriters In The History Of Film. They Also Wrote What Is Perhaps Their Best-Known Song "It's A Small World After All " For The 1964 New York World's Fair. Since Then Some Have Claimed That This Has Become The Most Translated And Performed Song On Earth Although This Is Largely Justified By The Fact That It Is Played Continuously At Disney's Leisure Park Rides Of The Same Name.
In 1965 The Sherman Brothers Won Two Academy Awards For Mary Poppins Which Includes The Songs "Feed The Birds " "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious " And The Oscar-Winning "Chim Chim Cher-Ee." Since Mary Poppins' Premiere The Shermans Have Subsequently Earned Nine Academy Award Nominations Two Grammy Awards Four Grammy Award Nominations And An Incredible 23 Gold- And Platinum-Certified Albums.
Robert And Richard Sherman Worked Directly For Walt Disney Completing The Scores For The Live-Action Musical Films The Happiest Millionaire And The One And Only Genuine Original Family Band Until Disney's Death In 1966. Since Leaving The Company The Brothers Have Worked Freelance As Songwriters On Scores Of Motion Pictures Television Shows Theme-Park Exhibits And Stage Musicals.
Their First Non-Disney Assignment Came With Albert R. Broccoli's Motion Picture Production Chitty Chitty Bang Bang In 1968 Which Garnered The Brothers Their Third Academy Award Nomination.
In 1970 The Shermans Returned To Disney For A Brief Stint Where They Completed Work On The Aristocats And Bedknobs & Broomsticks. The Latter Film Garnered The Brothers Their Fourth And Fifth Oscar Nominations Respectively. 1972 Saw The Release Of Snoopy Come Home For Which The Brothers Received A Grammy Nomination.
In 1973 The Sherman Brothers Also Made History By Becoming The Only Americans Ever To Win First Prize At The Moscow Film Festival For Tom Sawyer For Which They Also Authored The Screenplay. In 1976 “The Slipper And The Rose” Was Picked To Be The Royal Command Performance Of The Year. The Performance Was Attended By Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother. A Modern Musical Adaptation Of The Classic Cinderella Story "Slipper" Also Featured Songs Score And Screenplay By The Sherman Brothers. Two Further Academy Award Nominations Were Garnered By The Brothers For The Film. That Same Year The Sherman Brothers Received Their Star On The Hollywood "Walk Of Fame" Directly Across From Grauman's Chinese Theater.
The Sherman Brothers' Numerous Other Disney And Non-Disney Top Box Office Film Credits Include The Jungle Book 1967 The Aristocats 1970 The Parent Trap 1961 The Parent Trap 1998 Charlotte's Web 1973 The Many Adventures Of Winnie The Pooh 1977 Snoopy Come Home 1972 Bedknobs & Broomsticks 1971 And Little Nemo Adventures In Slumberland 1992 .
Outside The Motion-Picture Realm Their Tony Award-Nominated Smash Hit Over Here! 1974 Was The Biggest-Grossing Original Broadway Musical Of That Year. The Sherman Brothers Have Also Written Numerous Top Selling Songs Including "You're Sixteen " Which Holds The Distinction Of Reaching Billboard's #1 Spot Twice First With Johnny Burnette In 1960 And Then With Ringo Starr Fourteen Years Later. Other Top-Ten Hits Include "Pineapple Princess " "Let's Get Together " And More.
In 2000 The Sherman Brothers Wrote The Song Score For The Disney Film The Tigger Movie. This Film Marked The Brothers' First Major Motion Picture For The Disney Company In Over 28t Years.
In 2002 Chitty Hit The London Stage Receiving Rave Revues. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Is Currently The Most Successful Stage Show Ever Produced At The London Palladium Boasting The Longest Run In That Century-Old Theater's History. On April 28 2005 A Second Chitty Company Premiered On Broadway New York City At The Hilton Theatre. The Sherman Brothers Wrote An Additional Six Songs Specifically For The New Stage Productions. A Successful Third Company Of Chitty Is Currently Touring Throughout The United Kingdom.
In 2003 Four Sherman Brothers' Musicals Ranked In The Top 10 Favorite Children's Films Of All Time In A British Nationwide Poll Reported By The BBC. The Jungle Book 1967 Ranked At #7 Mary Poppins 1964 Ranked At #8 The Aristocats 1970 Ranked At #9 And Chitty Chitty Bang Bang 1968 Topped The List At #1.
In Recent Years With Robert's Move To London England United Kingdom The Brothers Have Written Many New Songs For The Stage Musical Presentations Of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang And Mary Poppins Produced Collaboratively By Disney And Cameron Mackintosh.
For Their Contributions To The Motion Picture Industry The Sherman Brothers Have A Star On The Hollywood Walk Of Fame At 6918 Hollywood Blvd. And Were Inducted Into The Songwriters Hall Of Fame On June 9 2005. On November 16 2006 Mary Poppins Premiered At The New Amsterdam Theatre On Broadway.
On November 17 2008 The Sherman Brothers Received The National Medal Of Arts Which Is The Highest Honor Conferred Upon Artists Or Patrons Of The Arts By The United States Government. The Award Was Presented By United States President George W. Bush In An East Room Ceremony At The White House. read less
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